Crop Going Backwards

Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative Vice President of Agriculture Todd Geselius says the soggy conditions have started to wreak havoc on the beet crop. “We’re just seeing the effects of all the rain,” said Geselius. “In June, we always worry about this wet weather because root rots set in, mostly Rhizoctonia and some aphanomyces. Those can plague you for the rest of the season; it makes it difficult to have a really good crop when you’re wet during the month of June.”